As OT (operational technology) environments are increasingly bombarded with sophisticated cyber threats and attacks, it emerges critically promising to integrate AI into OT cybersecurity, offering a much-needed upgrade. AI (artificial intelligence) may analyze huge amounts of data in real-time, thereby significantly helping to enhance the threat detection and response capabilities against an evolving adversary. However, there also lies a dual-edged sword in introducing AI in OT cybersecurity, requiring a rather careful balancing of benefits against the inherent risks of such emerging technology across critical OT environments.
Automation and streamlined security processes through AI are extremely exciting, though this also raises exposure to vulnerabilities through adversarial attacks being a possibility, or a tendency to be biased toward making decisions. Therefore, addressing OT cybersecurity by incorporating AI rightly makes strides by overcoming the pain points related to challenges with legacy systems, interoperability, and even robust training datasets.
Integrating AI into existing OT infrastructure projects requires strategic planning, which includes technological…
